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Friday, April 29, 2011

Heels & Hills Half Marathon Up Next!


My next race is on Sunday and it will be my 2nd half marathon! I'm not sure that I am fully prepared for it, but I guess it will have to be enough.

Casey & Positive A will be running it as well! Casey is picking my packet up at some point tomorrow. I think the bib will have my name on it. Pretty cool! I'll be sure to share a race re-cap at some point next week!

Oh, and I'll be posting my race re-cap of the Running Moms Rock 5k soon too!

Thursday, April 28, 2011

I Won a Giveaway!

I won my first giveaway!


Thank you Terri for the awesome Easter 'basket' of goodies! I've already worn one of the Bondi Bands, eaten the Gu, wiped sweat off my face with the towel, and chomped on the Sports Beans! Awesome giveaway!

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Later Today!



Oh yeah! 5:00 pm. 5k with 2 of my awesome running partners!

Friday, April 22, 2011

Review & My First Giveaway

"OMG...they don't slip"
I contacted Sweaty Bands to see if I could do a review of their product. I was super excited when they promptly responded with a 'YES'!

I received the above package in the mail. It contained a thin and a thick Sweaty Band. I just love the colors on both! Check out their website to see all of the different types and colors of bands that you can buy!




I chose to wear the thin band b/c I have short hair. Popped it on my head, snapped a few pictures and went for a 6 mile run.
I love how tight fitting it was. It stayed exactly where I placed it on my head for the entire run.It has this velvety material on the inside that makes it non-slip.
Me, post 6 mile run with the band where I placed it!

The leopard print band is one that I purchased a few months ago. I was in love with it when I first got it. I've noticed over time though, that the elastic stretches out and the band becomes not so tight and ends up sliding on your head a little bit. It still does it's job, but I do have to re-place the band on my head every so often. Notice the length difference of the 2 bands. The leopard one has only been worn maybe 8 times. That's really my only complaint about the band.

I'll definitely be wearing my Sweaty Bands again!

Now, for the fun part! I'm going to be doing a giveaway for the thick band!
Please leave a separate comment for each entry. 

Mandatory:
  1. You MUST be a follower of my blog. 
Optional:
  1. 'Like' Running What? on facebook.  There's a super easy button on the sidebar!
  2. 'Like' Sweaty Bands on facebook and leave a comment on their page telling them that Kristen @Running What? sent you! Let me know you did it
  3. Tweet about the giveaway
  4. Facebook the giveaway
  5. Blog about the giveaway
  6. Write an actual post about the giveaway...send me the link.
That's up to 7 entries! I'll use random.org to choose a winner on May 5.

* Sweaty Bands did not pay me in any way to write this review. They solely sent me the 2 bands to test out.





Thursday, April 21, 2011

Gone for a Run!


I went for a run a little while ago...it was just a quick 5k at the gym on a dreadmill ;-) I had intended to run a 10k, but got super bored and stopped after the 5k.
Brennan - 2 1/2
Colin - 4 1/2

I took a few pictures with my boys outside since it was such a beautiful day! Neither one of them wanted to take a picture with their mommy :-(


Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Next Race:

Next race is coming up on Saturday evening. I'm pretty excited about an evening race! It's a 5k, so it should be pretty easy. I'm thinking about trying to PR, but I'm not sure yet. Should be fun!

 I'm running with Positive A & Casey. I think Positive A needs to start blog posting...

Yeah, I'm a running mom, and I rock...so why not run Running Moms Rock 5k? Yeah, that's what I thought, it all makes sense!

Monday, April 11, 2011

First Real Run...

Right before my 6 mile run
Well, this morning I went for my first 'real' run since my half marathon at the end of March. It was a rough run. I felt like I was out of shape, and I felt pretty nauseated for a while. I also got a cramp in my side that eventually went away.

Took me 1 hour 13 mins to run the 6 miles. I wish that I could run faster and that time didn't matter to me...but it does. Oh well. At least I'm out there running! The point of me starting was to become healthier...and I have.

I got to use one of my new Sweaty Bands during this run...but you will hear more about that in a post coming soon!



Just finished the run!